NEWS of the battle to keep the wind turbines off Scout and Knowl Moor will be scattered to all corners of the UK.

The campaign, led by mother and daughter duo, Ann and Emma Metcalfe, will feature in a series of 30-minute programmes on BBC2 over the next six weeks.

'Bee in Your Bonnet' looks at half-a-dozen community-led campaigns from the protection of the sea bed in Arran and the restoration of the Winter Gardens in Morecambe, to the national clamour for more public toilets and the return of common courtesies in everyday life.

The fight against United Utilities' scheme to build 26 turbines on the moors above Norden is the third in the series - which starts next Tuesday - and will be broadcast on BBC 2 on Tuesday 2 March starting at 7.30pm.

The programmes will be hosted by former national newspaper editor and Conservative spin doctor, Amanda Platell, who advises campaigners on how to get their 'message' across to the best possible effect.

BBC producer Sharon Keatley, who spent several weeks with the Metcalfes late last year when the anti-wind campaign was at its fiercest, says the progamme also visits the site of a windfarm at Cliviger near Burnley and a smaller one on Liverpool Docks.

"The developers are given their say, as well," she says. "We talk to United Utilities for their views but the main aim is to tell the story from the campaigners' point of view."